Improvement in trowels



s. F. STREETER.

Trowels.

`PatntedM/lalch 18, 1873i.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EFrcE.

SUMNEE E. STEEETER, 0E BERNAEDSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN TROWELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,878. dated March18, IS7-3.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, SUMNER F. STREETER, of Bernardston, in the county ofFranklin and Stat-e of Massachusetts, have invented a new, useful, andImproved Shank for Trowels, Src.; and I do'hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description of the saine, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

This invention consists mainly in the peculiar construction of animproved shank for trowels and other similar articles, whereby it isadapted to serve also as a ferrule for protecting and jstrengthening thehandle, as will be fully described hereinafter.

In the drawing, Figure l represents a plan view of my improvement asapplied to a trowel, and Fig. 2 a sectional elevation of the same.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use4 my invention, Iwill now proceed to describe fully its construction and manner ofoperation. l

A represents the blade of the Mtrowel or other similar implement,constructed in any suitable manner, and of any proper material. Brepresents the shank, the foot b of which is securely attached to theblade in any proper manner. Its head, instead of terminating'in apointed rod in the usual manner, Ais formed into a tapering socket, b1,provided with a central orifice, b2, as shown. C represents the handle,constructed of any proper material, but preferably ot' Wood, which isprovided with a central opening through it from end to end, and withends adapted to enter the sock! et of the shank and to receive theferrule D, as shown. The handle is securely attached to the shank bymeans of the rod E, provided with an enlargement at one end, and with aScrew-thread at the other, as shown, the rod being held in place bymeans of the ferrule D, which is provided with a central threadedorifice, by means of which it is screwed onto the end of the rod E, asshown.

By means of the described construction a This speciication signed andwitnessed this 19th day of July, 1872.

^ SUMNER F. STREETER.

'Witnessesz E. S. HULEEET,

W. E. NICHOLS.

